Rapture

We Are to be Faithful Till Christ Returns (illustration)

One day in 1789, the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the representatives, glancing out the windows, feared the end was at hand. Quelling a clamor for immediate adjournment, Davenport rose and said, “The Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If i …

Book Stated The Rapture Would Be in 1988 (illustration)

In a now-discredited book, the dates between September 11 and 13, 1988 were forecast to be the Rapture of the Church. Edgar Whisenant, a former NASA rocket engineer, wrote the book called 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will be in 1988. More than 6 million copies of the $2 book were s …